Meridian Conspiracy Trial Proceeds Amid Witnesses
In Meridian Mississippi the defense calls most witnesses as 18 white men stand trial for conspiracy in the 1964 killings of civil rights workers Schwerner Goodman and Chaney. Judge Cox orders a Saturday session. trial expected to reach an all white jury by midweek.
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Meridian
Miss
Justice Department
U.S
Jim Jordan
James E. Jordan
Ku Klux Klan
Alfred Keene
Gulfport
Keene
Jordan
Philadelphia
Michael Schwerner
Andrew Goodman
James Chaney
Miss. Keene
PBS
Horace Doyle Barnette
Chaney
Springhill
Cox
Barnette
John Doar
Schwerner
Goodman
Traffic Fatalities In Kansas Log For October 26 1967
AP reports Kansas traffic death log for the 24 hours ending 9 am Saturday in October with 509 deaths for 1967 versus 576 in the same period in 1966. The record tracks fatalities statewide, highlighting year over year change.
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Topeka
Kansas
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Reveals Washington Money Woes
An intercepted letter discusses the House in Washington facing money problems similar to those in ordinary homes, highlighting financial strains and domestic budgeting issues.
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Cha
Washington
Ford and UAW reach tentative new contract proposals
Detroit AP The Ford Motor Co and United Auto Workers announced two new contract proposals after a news blackout. Ford offered a wage rise plus a traded-in skilled trades increase while the union viewed Ford’s second proposal as moving but not equitable. Negotiations resume with Reuther and Ford’s top negotiators to assess the latest developments as talks continue.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
United Auto Workers Union
Ford
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
General Motors
Chrysler
Cooler weekend forecast for Kansas with scattered showers
Topeka AP reports cooler air moving into Kansas tonight or Sunday. Partly cloudy skies are expected tonight and Sunday with a chance of scattered showers in the north tonight and in the east on Sunday. Highs today in the 70s, low tonight in the 50s.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Blood Donors Near Goal in Chanute Blood Drive
Red Cross Bloodmobile in Chanute ended its two day run at 1 p.m. with 191 pints collected, nine short of the 200 pint target. Thirty six volunteers aided by Beta Sigma Phi called for donors and local firms offered paid time off to donate. One gallon donors include Martha Jane Crawford and Ed C Ranz, with several others listed for higher totals.
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Red Cross
Chanuge
Beta Sigma Phi
Chanute
Donnors
Martha Jane Crawford
Ed C. Ranz
Norma Coble
Wilma Anderson
John Crownover
George Koester
Cathreina Nooteboom
Pat Webber
Merle Sterling
Charles T. Reaves
Ted Gorrell
Dick Smith
Ray Zumalt
Bob Hamilton
Owen Lyman
Duff Waggoner
Leon Spence
Charles Corbitt
Forrest Miller
Rail injury payout to McPherson woman tops $60 thousand
Mrs. Treva Elliott 60 of McPherson Kansas was awarded $61 000 in Sedgwick County District Court for injuries in 1963 when she and her five year old grandson Timothy fell while getting off a Chicago Rock Island and Pacific train at Hutchinson witnesses said the railroad failed to assist or provide a step stool.
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Wichita
Treva Elliott
McPherson
Kan
Hutchinson
Elliott
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Timothy
Sedgwick County
Professor debunks flying saucer theory in horse death
Dr. Robert O. Adams of Colorado State University examined Snippy the Appaloosa on the San Luis Valley prairie and ruled out extraterrestrial causes. He cited severe infection and possible throat incision as natural explanations, while owner Mrs. Berle Lewis maintains the saucer theory despite the evidence.
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Alamosa
Colorado State University
Robert O. Adams
University
College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Berle Lewis
Adams
Elderly couple survive six days in Utah canyon ordeal
Ira Lloyd and his wife survived six days with no food in Last Chance Canyon Utah drinking brackish creek water and praying. They wandered about 30 miles over five days before being found by Fish and Game Warden John Kimball and rescued by plane to Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Last Chance Canyon
Ira Lloyd
Lloyd
Red Rock Desert
Harold Stevens
John
Highway Patrol
Lloyds
Ranch Brings $2 Million in Eureka Area Sale
Wichita based O and B Holdings Inc buys Bar S ranch totaling 8000 acres near Eureka Kansas for about 2.5 million. The deal includes ranch, farm equipment and 2800 cattle with 250 Herefords. Not included are 2000 calves sold for about 300 thousand.
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Wichita
Bar-S
Eureka
Kan
O and B Holdings, Inc
D.A. Sutton
Ralph Pryor
Sutton
Bar S
Sutton Place
Vornado Air Conditining
Marine Base Hit In Furious Attack
U S Marines repelled a 500 strong NVA assault on Con Thien near the DMZ amid renewed heavy fighting. 21 Marines killed, 20 wounded, plus three more Marines dead in the Con Thien shelling. U S pilots flew 154 missions against MIG fields while the North Vietnamese lost a Phantom jet in the southern North Vietnam panhandle.
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Saigon
U.S
Leatherneck
Dmz
Con Thien
Rock
South Vietnam
Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
Kep
Hoa Lac
Kien An
Hanoi-Haiphong
Air Force
Panhandle
North Vietnam
North
Night of Terror Rakes Hong Kong
Communists set more than 40 hazardous devices across Hong Kong Island and Kowloon causing 4 police and 16 civilians injured, including 4 children. A police inspector and constable were among those fatally hurt as unrest widens with hundreds of reports and rewards offered for killers.
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong Island
Kowlongday
Teeming Wanchai
Wanchai
Red China
Kansas Baptist Convention Sets $825000 Goal for Overseas Funds
The Kansas Baptist Convention in Liberal announced a three year target of 825000 dollars as its share of the American Baptist Convention capital fund drive totaling 20 million. The funds will support maintenance of overseas hospitals and schools.
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Liberal
Kan
American Baptist Convention
Kansas Baptist Convention
Medals Awarded at Land Bank Anniversary Session
Medals for agricultural contributions were presented to Rep. Garner Shriver and Ralph Foster at the 50th anniversary conference closing of the Federal Land Bank of Wichita. Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, and New Mexico are served by the agency. Robert W. Lucens of Beloit was elected president of the Federal Land Bank Association of Kansas with Howard Hadsell of Kingman named vice president and Jack Roberts of Emporia as secretary.
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Wichita
Garner Shriver
R-Kan
Ralph Foster
Topeka
Land Bank
Federal Land Bank of Wichita
Kansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
New Mexico
Robert W. Lucens
Beloit
Federal Land Bank Association of Kansas
Howard Hadsell
Kingman
Jack Roberts
Emporia
House Deadlocks Over $5 Billion Emergency Bill
Republicans press for a $5 billion cut directive in an emergency funding bill while Democrats seek counter proposals. Bow argues for a direct spending-cut mandate, as Congress faces the risk of agency funding gaps when the stopgap expires. Senate rejection fears loom as parties bargain for a sellable package. Administration officials push for higher taxes this year.
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Washington
House
Frank T. Bow
Ohio
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Bow
Senate House
Senate
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